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Ammar Kalo’s PVC Bench uses a composite material made from crushed, recycled drain-pipes

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With an appearance that almost mimics the fragmented beauty of terrazzo, the PVC Bench by UAE-based designer Ammar Kalo relies on a new type of composite material developed by recycling old PVC drainpipes. Designed as a two-person bench, the seating design comes with Kalo’s signature organic aesthetic featuring legs and a base-support made from walnut wood, and its crown jewel, the seating platform, made from multiple PVC parts suspended in a tinted resin. The transparent resin reveals the multiple PVC shards in a way that seems to contrast the bench’s overall smooth, soft, organic design. Its multiple shards create a beautiful interplay of light and shadows, forming a surface that has a unique pattern, just like the wood-grain on the walnut members below it. The bench, like most of Kalo’s furniture, comes with simple joineries that don’t require any extra fasteners or binders.

The PVC Bench was commissioned by Bee’ah, the Middle East’s leading waste management company based in the UAE, as part of an ongoing collaboration to transform waste into functional design objects.

Designers: Ammar Kalo & Ibrahim Ibrahim for Bee’ah

Let physics hold your table together

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Take a look at the Multi Tier Shelf for a bit. Do you notice how the shelf is held together not by fixtures, but by sheer interference? The outward facing legs prevent the shelves from sliding downwards. Isn’t that just the most simple solution ever? Ditch the nails, wooden pegs, glue, screws, and that tool kit. Gravity and physics will work just fine!

I personally love the touch given to the shelves near the holes through which the legs pass. The fabric, almost elastic effect gives the wood the illusion of being pulled, creating an aesthetic detail that you won’t forget for quite some time!

Designer: Ammar Kalo

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Skeletal Seating

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The Stratum chair looks too organic to be man made, doesn’t it?? Designed by Ammar Kalo, the chair explores two things. Firstly, the designer attempts at making an un-chair-ly chair. From the unconventional form to even its 3-legged design, the Stratum is nothing like anything you’ve ever seen. Secondly it is crafted through CNC machining, a technique that allows it to achieve its organic aesthetic so effortlessly. The name Stratum comes from its layered (or stratified) design owing to its plywood construction. The use of CNC machining really allows the design to show off its wonderful plywood contour lines!

Note how the design even has the ability to fold up, making it portable. Doesn’t it almost give the Stratum a bony, skeleton-like appearance?

Designer: Ammar Kalo

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